ROMANTIC DAGGER depicting a DRAGON slaying a SERPENT - European work - 19th century

ROMANTIC DAGGER depicting a DRAGON slaying a SERPENT
19th century European work
Steel and gilded bronze
Long. total: 26; L.: 5.5 cm
Blade length: 13.5 cm

This romantic dagger, also called a dagger of virtue, is made of steel and gilded bronze, worked in the round. The openwork fuse is made up of a large hemmed climbing plant at the foot of which a dragon defeats a snake. The guard with two straight quillons is animated by the coiling of the snake's body. The scabbard is entirely decorated on both sides with leafy scrolls on a sandblasted background where a chimera evolves, its end ends in a pine cone.
The straight steel blade with double edges and grooves, is finished in a point. Suspension ring.

On base

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Ref.: 5096